Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Film Director and Producer

Male

BornFeb 11, 1909

HometownWilkes-Barre, Pen...

DiedFeb 5, 1993

Death PlaceBedford (town), N...

Other NamesJoseph Leo Mankie...

Joseph Leo Mankiewicz was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Mankiewicz had a long Hollywood career and is best known as the writer-director of All About Eve (1950), which was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won six. He was brother to screenwriter and drama critic Herman J. Mankiewicz who also won an Oscar for co-writing Citizen Kane (1941).… Read More

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